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Two combats with bandits, leveling up, and buying / selling at Oleg's Trading Post in the Closed Alpha version of Pathfinder: Kingmaker.
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(Alpha means incomplete. Not all content and features are fully implemented, not all in-game copy is perfect, there will ...

Game options and character creation in the Closed Alpha version of Pathfinder: Kingmaker.
(Alpha means incomplete. Not all content and features are fully implemented, not all in-game copy is perfect, there will be bugs - this game is still a work in progress.)
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Shane's spoiler free first reactions to Star Wars The Last Jedi. Is it magnificent, is it a disaster, or does it bring balance somewhere in between? Ignite your lightsaber with a snap-hiss-hummmm and watch and find out!!!

We wrap up The Tower of Vengeance and head to the Wormwrithings. A troglodyte party! It's entirely possible to have too much rope on a dungeon crawl. Helps from Vizeran. The Wand of Limited, Vengeancy Underdark Teleportation. More on Blackrazor vs. a demon lord. This is one DM that is done with adding more NPCs ...

Shane attempts to be brief but fails miserably. The party wraps up Gravenhollow and journeys to Araj, the tower of vengeance, with their new best buddy Vizeran the vengeful drow archmage and his pal Kleve the death slaad. A plan to defeat the demon lords is revealed, but is Vizeran truly their ally? The craziest ...

Respite from the madness during a visit to Gravenhollow. The party learns vital information about how the demon lord incursion began and finds a path forward. Stonespeaker crystals. Outposts and sending stones. Handling outrageous player behavior in game. Is OotA a sandbox or linear adventure? Can a pre-written adventure even truly be sandbox? Shane babbles ...

Shane rants and carries on a bit and calls out by name the Snoke problem in Star Wars, the elephant in the room no one else dares speak of for fear of public exile. What is this terrible knowledge that could destroy the entire mythology of the most beloved space opera franchise in human history??? ...

The journey to Gravenhollow! Advanced expedition management. Random encounters, vanishing NPCs, and megalomaniacal illithids. Shane's amazing way cool new Underdark feature. Outpost building for fun and profit. Challenging "nova burst" parties. When should the expedition NPCs get involved in a PC encounter, if ever?
This is an ongoing series of Shane's ...

Mantol-Derith concludes as the party receives crucial help for reaching Gravenhollow and also confronts the duergar enclave. More fallout from a player's rash action. A hungry xorn and Yantha's dramatic fate. Puzzling fences and mending gems. Can enlarging duergar be too pushy?
This is an ongoing series of Shane's notes, thoughts ...